Senior Recruiter

HDR, Inc.; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 80,168 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock program

Global team

Competitive benefits

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking a Senior Recruiter to partner with leadership across the North Central US to drive full life‑cycle recruitment.

You will qualify positions, identify talent, recruit, select, and close candidates while collaborating on annual recruiting plans with business leaders. You will work with engineers, planners, architects, project managers, designers, environmental scientists and construction professionals across sectors like transportation, water, and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to create rapport over the phone with candidates, hiring managers, and recruiting team.
• Motivated and driven; able to excel in a growing, dynamic business environment.
• Ability to travel independently (less than 10%); local/regional candidates preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build strong, credible relationships with senior leadership, hiring managers, and partners.
• Proactively source and manage candidates through full life-cycle recruitment.
• Diversity and equity champion to increase diversification of the talent pool.
• Leverage Taleo and multiple sourcing methods (LinkedIn, referrals, associations, ZoomInfo).
• Develop annual recruitment plans with business partners.
• Screen candidates and participate in select interviews; conduct reference checks.

Skills

Sourcing

Screening

Stakeholder mgmt

Interviewing

Relationship building

Travel-ready

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Taleo

Job description

What To Expect

In the role of the Senior Recruiter, you will partner with HDR leadership to steer the talent identification and recruitment process for roles in the North Central US. You will drive the full life‑cycle recruitment process from qualifying positions, talent identification, recruiting, selection and closing. You will join forces with leadership to map out annual recruiting plans and assure the recruitment goals are being effectively implemented and achieved.

Typical positions the Senior Recruiter will work on are engineers, planners, architects, project managers, designers, environmental scientists and construction management professionals. Market sectors range from transportation, water, architecture, infrastructure, power, solid waste and mining. Service offerings range from traditional design, alternative delivery, construction management, program management and advisory services.

You will be part of the dedicated global talent acquisition team (recruiters and recruiting coordinators) positioned throughout North America, Europe and Australia.

More specific duties include:

• Build strong, credible relationships with senior leadership, hiring managers, critical stakeholders and partners, operating as a trusted advisor and talent subject matter expert
• Proactively source and manage candidates through the full life‑cycle recruitment process
• Diversity and equity champion: partner with our diversity, equity and inclusion recruiting teams, employee network groups and professional associations to increase diversification of our talent pool
• Leverage our applicant tracking system (Taleo) and a wide variety of sourcing methodologies (referrals, LinkedIn, professional associations, ZoomInfo, etc.)
• Develop annual recruitment plans with business partners
• Position description refinement
• Sourcing and screening candidates
• Direct participating in select interview processes
• Reference checks
• Negotiating and closing offers
• Team collaboration and mentor junior recruiters
• Perform other duties as needed

What You’ll Get

• The opportunity to be part of a unique, high‑performing, wealth‑building employee stock program with years of strong returns
• A sense of pride seeing projects we build add value in your community
• Being part of a global talent acquisition team operating in eight countries
• Many other competitive benefits

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years of hands‑on recruiting / sourcing experience
• Previous experience working in a web‑based applicant tracking system
• Previous experience in the architectural, engineering and consulting industry
• Local candidates are highly preferred

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Excellent interpersonal communication and customer service skills
• Ability to create rapport over the phone (with candidates, hiring managers, and recruiting team)
• Motivated and driven; able to excel in a growing, dynamic business environment
• Ability to travel independently (less than 10%); preference for local/regional candidates
• Strong relationship building, organizational and follow‑up skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in an extremely demanding, fast‑paced, high‑volume environment
• Commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must

Compensation and Benefits

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, health, performance and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long‑term disability, life insurance, employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location (Stated benefits are for full‑time regular positions. Temporary and part‑time roles eligible for limited benefits.). The pay range is $80,168.40 - $100,000.